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HTML

<label>
    <input type="checkbox" />
    <span>&nbsp;</span>Label text
</label>

CSS

label {
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative; /* needed for checkbox absolute positioning */
    background-color: #eee;
    padding: .5rem;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    border-radius: .375rem;
    font-family: "Courier New";
    font-size: 1rem;
    line-height: 1rem;
}

label > input[type="checkbox"] {
    display: block;
    position: absolute; /* remove it from the flow */
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    margin: -.5rem; /* negative the padding of label to cover the "button" */
    cursor: pointer;
    opacity: 0; /* make it transparent */
    z-index: 666; /* place it on top of everything else */
}

label > input[type="checkbox"] + span {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 1rem;
    height: 1rem;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    margin-right: .5rem;
}

label > input[type="checkbox"]:checked + span {
    background-color: #666;
}